Abortion has been removed from Western Australia’s criminal code and access will be easier for women, in sweeping reforms passed by the state parliament. The amended laws to address inequity bring WA into line with other jurisdictions and remove unnecessary clinical barriers that were driving some women to seek treatment interstate. Premier Roger Cook said…
Dozens of cars were forced to divert around a sunrise enthusiast when he dangerously stood in the middle of moving traffic in Perth’s eastern suburbs to take a photo. Pictures shared to social media showed a man in hi-viz gear standing in the left lane of the Garratt Road Bridge in Ascot, camera-raised to grab…
The Perth woman who was seriously injured in a savage attack by her two pet Rottweilers described one of the dogs as “loyal” and “protective” in a social media post years before the horrific incident. Nikita Piil, 31, suffered major blood loss and serious bite wounds to her limbs when her dogs Bronx and Harlem…
Perth tenants are struggling amid a housing crisis with rental prices rising faster than any other capital city and a plummeting vacancy rate. Advertised rents rose 19 per cent in the past year and four per cent in the 12 weeks to September 12, according to Shelter WA. Perth also has the tightest vacancy rate…
Doctors are working to save a West Australian woman’s arm following a savage attack by her two pet Rottweilers in Perth’s southern suburbs on Saturday. Nikita Piil, 31, suffered major blood loss and serious bite wounds to her limbs when her dogs Bronx and Harlem turned on her at her home in Success about 4.30pm….
A young child missing for more than five hours in Perth’s southern suburbs has been found alive and well, with the news delivered with a thumbs up. Eight-year-old Claudia was found hiding under a big piece of wood in the backyard of her Collett Way home in Leeming, police revealed. “I believe she’s healthy, happy…
A man has been found dead at a small park near a high school in Perth’s southern suburbs. The man, aged in his 30s, was discovered at Diamantina Reserve in Rockingham just before 8am on Friday. Police and ambulance were called to the corner of Leghorn St and Read St, but were unable to revive…
A Perth woman has been hospitalised with serious injuries after her two rottweilers attacked her. Police were called to the 31-year-old woman’s home at Success in Perth’s south about 4.30pm on Saturday. An officer used their gun to stop the attack given the dogs were “extremely aggressive” and the woman’s life was in danger, the…
Police are looking for a rail crossing climber who came crashing down to earth – bringing infrastructure with it – in Beverley, 130km southeast of Perth. CCTV which had only just been installed captured a man carefully placing his drink and phone out of harm’s way before climbing the signal pole early Friday morning. With…
The family of a WA police officer critically injured in a horror cliff fall in Croatia has revealed the bitter devastation felt when they were told her travel insurer would not fork out for hospital costs and a flight home because she had alcohol in her system. Ella Cutler, 25, has been in hospital since…
A West Australian bakery has won the coveted award for Australia’s best sausage roll at the Official Great Aussie Pie Competition on Thursday. Jack’s Bakery, located in the coastal suburb Halls Head, Mandurah has been operating for nearly 20 years. Owner Vladas Kaskonas said, while the bakery has won awards for its sausage rolls before,…
The teenager who left Danny Hodgson in a fight for life has been accused of another violent crime in WA. One-punch victim Hodgson, who was close to death following the unprovoked assault outside Perth train station in September 2021, has taken aim at WA’s justice system, saying he was unsurprised to learn his attacker had…
The family of a father shot and killed by a colleague at a grain silo business 200km east of Perth last week has broken its silence, revealing the “huge impact” the “indescribable crime” has had on his loved ones. Terry Czernowski’s life was ended at the hands of Lachlan Bowles at Moylan Grain Silos where…
A Perth school has gone into lockdown and residents have been told to stay indoors following fresh reports of gunshots in the city’s northern suburbs on Wednesday. An initial police search of Clarkson turned up little despite several witnesses hearing gunfire in Clarkson just before noon. Clarkson Primary School was locked down while police searched…
A “courageous” 12-year-old girl has broken free from a man’s grip during a terrifying abduction attempt in Perth’s southern suburbs. The girl was approached as she walked near the corner of Axminster St and Exeter St in Warnbro about 2.40pm Monday when the man left his parked silver or grey sedan. Authorities said he then…
An Australian supermarket giant will arm workers with new devices to combat the increasing number of threats against staff and a shoplifting scourge that costs the industry $9 billion annually. Coles will roll out body-worn cameras across 30 high-risk stores in South Australia, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia. You may have already noticed them, with…
A global discount retailer has put bargain hunters on alert with a major announcement over its ever-expanding Australian footprint. TK Maxx will open its first WA store at Ocean Keys Shopping Centre in Clarkson, in Perth’s north next month. The shop — which will welcome customers from 9am October 5 — will be the company’s…
A WA mother whose child died while she battled to secure housing said she did everything possible for her baby boy. Ten-month-old Kenneth’s lifeless body was found in a bed in July and he was laid to rest last week. WA Police confirmed the death is not suspicious and a report is being prepared for…
A Perth real estate agent has been suspended for eight months over a racist email that left her former tenants “devastated” and a commissioner feeling “sick to my stomach”. In one passage of the offending message, Mavin Real Estate director Bronwyn Pollitt claimed she hoped migrants moving to Australia “will not turn our beautiful country…
Western Australian traffic controller Frank Allen still remembers the moment he lifted his ‘SLOW’ sign — a normal, everyday act that was all just part of his duties — while on the job in Perth’s north earlier this year. Little did the 63-year-old know, the move would trigger a life-changing series of events that would…
A gastropub in Perth’s southern suburbs has hit financial trouble, with administrators appointed this week. The future of Sound Brewing Co is uncertain after the business went into administration on Wednesday, a notice shared by ASIC revealed. The brewery, taphouse and restaurant only opened at the Rockingham Centre precinct in 2022. For more Drink related…
New pictures have shown just how close a farmer came to dying at the hands of the camouflage-clad Kellerberrin shooter. Lachlan Bowles, 25, triggered a massive police operation when he killed colleague Terry Czernowski at local business Moylan Grain Silos about 8.40am Thursday before fleeing in a car and sending the Wheatbelt town into lockdown….
West Australia’s biggest home builder is facing legal action over delays and alleged contract breaches, as lawyers for disgruntled customers secure litigation funding. Morgan Alteruthemeyer Legal Group estimates up to 5000 homeowners could join the proposed class action seeking compensation from BGC Housing Group for the losses they incurred. Lawyer Spencer Lieberfreund said securing funding…
Perth Airport was evacuated when multiple fire alarms went off in the early hours of Thursday morning. A technical malfunction activated the alarms, which sparked an emergency response at 4.05am. Passengers and staff were evacuated from Terminal One as Aviation Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF) attended and determined the terminal was safe after failing to detect…
An Australian man is behind bars in the US awaiting a court hearing after he allegedly drove on the wrong side of the road and killed two people in a head-on car crash. West Australian Luke Nardini was taken to hospital after the collision which allegedly killed a man and woman aged in their 60s…
One of the victims of the horrific weekend on WA roads has been revealed as a beloved family member and committed volunteer. Joshua Hair was a passenger in a Toyota HiLux that was travelling on Karijini Dr in Karijini, about 70km east of Tom Price in the state’s Pilbara region, when it left the road…
Police have conceded resources were stretched during one of the most devastating weekends on WA roads in “recent times”. Six people were killed in a 48-hour period, including an eight-year-old girl who was travelling in a car that rolled on a rural road in Fortescue, 650km east of Exmouth. Police say a black Great Wall…
Karratha detectives have charged a father over an alleged attempt to drown his son at a beach in WA’s Pilbara region on Monday. The man is accused of driving a vehicle into the ocean at the Dampier Foreshore about 6.15am, with reports the dad then carried the five-year-old boy into deeper water before allegedly holding…
Two people have died and a child has been injured in a head-on crash in Western Australia’s Peel region. Emergency services were called to a crash between a Toyota Hilux and a Mazda CX5 on Pinjarra Rd near Nancarrow Wy, Ravenswood about 11.55am Sunday. Police were told the vehicles crashed head-on and at least one…
An international student in WA is facing financial turmoil after a second-hand car he bought off Facebook was seized by police, who informed him it was actually stolen. As a way to earn some money, Umair Ishfaq decided it would be a good idea to purchase a second-hand car so that he could begin Uber…
A young Perth woman faces an uncertain future because a basketball-sized growth is placing extreme stress on her heart and causing her crippling pain. Jasmine De Mamiel-Clapp lives with a severe case of arteriovenous malformation (AVM), meaning her vessels are twisted and enlarged. The flow of blood through a tangle of vessels has resulted in…
A travel influencer has been confronted by officials and fined for walking through an Australian airport with a single rose she had not correctly declared on her passenger card. Lays Laraya says she accidentally breached customs laws when she was gifted a flower by cabin crew on her Qatar Airways flight into Perth recently. The…
A Perth toddler required life-saving CPR when they were discovered unconscious with a skipping rope around their neck at a childcare centre in the CBD. The three-year-old was resuscitated and has physically recovered from the experience, but authorities have come down hard on G8 Education, trading as The Learning Sanctuary Kings Square, by dishing out…